Anxiety about bathroom?

[stonehenge]

I have a problem. Im fine at home,always. Just not when I leave the house.
Basically I am afraid that I will be trapped somewhere and wont be able to get to a bathroom. I have never had any accidents where I didnt make it to the bathroom,by the way. I know,its an embaressing thing to talk about,so i dont.
Anyway, things that make me feel this are situations like:
-Being outside the house
-Being in the car (especially long car trips-Im better when im driving and alone. When someone else is driving Im anxious)
-Being in a room that I'm not expected to leave or not able to leave because of work.
-Being basically anywhere that is outside and a long walk to the restroom.

What happens when I get an "attack" is that my thoughts are all about the fact that im not near a restroom and that if i have to go i wont be able to and that i should stop what im doing and try to go just incase i cant go later. I also feel like my temperature goes up and i get this intesne sense of worry.
Are those panic attacks? I dont know.
Does anyone else get this?
It doesnt happen everytime Im in those situations, but it does happen often enough so that I have molded my life around it. For instance, my boyfriend wanted to drive to go somewhere and I insisted that I drive so much that even when he was in his car with the motor running, I went to my car and got it. He caved, but when he wasnt caving all my thoughts went to worrying, and I was almost out of breath. I just pleaded with him to drive.. That isn't normal, i know. I do not go on long car trips unless Im alone in the car and make frequent stops everytime I start to think about being in a ton of traffic and having to go the bathroom and not being able to get to a rest stop becuase of an accident or slow down. I dont want anyone to be in the car with me when im out because they might think its weird that I want to stop to go the bathroom or something.

Any thoughts anyone? This is an anxiety problem isn't? Do what I get considered panic attacks?

[marian100]

i'm not sure what it is but i have it also. i do have an irritable bladder and take detrol la for that. i couldn't go a half hour without a stop. and then being away from the bathroom caused more anxiety which caused me to feel like i had to go. it has also interfered with my life. i was going to train to be a docent at the zoo but when i found out how much we had to be out on tours i knew i couldn't do it. i'm still bummed about that. so i am taking my meds, doing kegels and trying to retrain my bladder. i do think it is partly and anxiety symptom. God bless

[Lily2005]

I just wanted to say that I have the same thing too.

[ILiveForMyKIDS]

Do you have any other obsessive thoughts about anything else or strictly the bathroom?

[stonehenge]

I guess it is nice to know I'm not the ONLY one with this problem, but I am sorry that someone else has it too. I know how it can start to rule a life,making it inconveinent. What do you do to deal with this problem, if u dont mind me asking? I waste too much time thinking about this problem. If I'm asked if i want to go see a movie, i instantly start thinking about ways I can make sure the movie theatre is close to the house, if i can drive there, and if its a theatre where I know where the bathroom is. I go every single time before I leave the house so I will know that if i start to have an "attack" or whatever anyone would call it, I can keep telling myself that I just went and its all in my head, i shouldnt have to go,etc.

To answer your question: NO, I dont really have any other obsessive thoughts. its mainly a round of questions that run through my head when the situation triggers me" will i be able to get to a bathroom in time? what will people think if i dont? Oh my gosh that would be embaressing. Should I stop right now and go so i dont have to go later? Will I be able to leave the room to use the restroom? If i leave in the middle of the movie will it bother people? Will people think there is something wrong with me if I let them know I'm going to the bathroom even after i might have gone just a little while ago?"
I'm open to any insight, input, questions,or thoughts anyone has about this. Thanks to those who have replied already.